For the second year in a row, a New Mexico Department of Health nurse won the Distinguished Nurse of the Year award from the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence. The Center for Nursing Excellence recently honored 23 nurses out of 201 candidates. “My congratulations to our award winning nurses and to all the dedicated [...]

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), which operates the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, today announced that its board of directors has elected Pat Hemingway Hall as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1, 2008.
Hemingway Hall, who has served as HCSC’s president and chief operating officer [...]

The New York Racing Association has put in place two new initiatives to provide better assistance for jockeys injured at the track.
First, NYRA has incorporated the Jockey Health Information System, a secure online database that stores updated medical histories and makes it possible for emergency medical technicians on track to instantly access that information in [...]

Cyanotech Corporation (Nasdaq: CYAN - News), has named Deanna L. Spooner as Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer effective November 14, 2008. She succeeds William R. Maris, who has accepted a CFO position with another company.
Ms. Spooner joined Cyanotech as Controller in January 2008. Previously, she worked in Hawaii as [...]

After more than a year with an interim dean, the UNM College of Nursing has hired Nancy Ridenour to step in as dean by the spring semester.
Ridenour is an adult nurse practitioner and served as a congressional staff member. She was one of 19 applicants for the position.
John A. Pieper, head of the search committee, [...]

El-Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas and is inhabited by over 6 hundred thousand people. The population of the city necessitates the availability of sound health care facilities and nursing homes that would not only cure the patients from their illness, but will also be long-term or short-term homes for the elderly and [...]

Digirad Corporation today announced the appointment of Todd P. Clyde as president and chief executive officer. He replaces Mark Casner, 53, who resigned as president, chief executive officer and director of the company to pursue new business opportunities effective today. Clyde has been chief financial officer since November 2002 and will continue in that position [...]

Bone Solutions Inc. (BSI) announced today that it has appointed Nancy Lynch, M.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board, effective immediately. Dr. Lynch is a Principal with Scale Venture Partners, based in Foster City, Calif.
“This addition of Dr. Lynch to our SAB represents an important milestone for BSI, in light of Dr. Lynch’s stature as both [...]

Haven Hospice, a leading not-for-profit hospice and palliative care organization that serves patients and families across 18 north Florida counties, announced a leadership restructuring today, including the appointment of a President and five new Vice Presidents.
Tim Bowen, who previously served as Haven Hospice’s Executive Director, has been named the organization’s President, effective immediately. Bowen will [...]

ohn S. Kovach, M.D., Chair, Board of Directors and CEO of Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. announces the appointment of Mel Sorensen, M.D. to the company’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Sorensen is currently Board Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascenta Therapeutics. He is a highly experienced leader and administrator in cancer therapeutics and cancer drug [...]